Episode 261 - The USS Thresher Lions Led By Donkeys Podcast

The story of the most deadly submarine disaster in American history.

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Sources:

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/08/14/questions-about-infamous-lost-sub-thresher-resurface-navy-releases-new-documents-tied-decades-old-mystery.html

https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2023/april/what-killed-thresher

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/atomic-submarine-sinks-in-atlantic

https://www.naval-technology.com/features/featureperil-in-the-depths-the-worlds-worst-submarine-disasters-4191027/

https://www.secnav.navy.mil/foia/readingroom/HotTopics/Forms/AllItems.aspx?RootFolder=%2ffoia%2freadingroom%2fHotTopics%2fTHRESHER%20RELEASE

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/rip-how-mechanical-problem-led-uss-thresher-its-eternal-patrol-92421

Norman Polmar. The Death of the USS Thresher